The guys are friendly and helpful. I've been here several times and they've always been very helpful and a good attitude

I've been coming to this place for about 5 years plus now. Let me start by saying that there are other recycling places closer to me but I choose to come to this one because of this location because of their customer service period. read more

Professional, recycling area. Clean environment, helpful & friendly!!! Definitely needs more parking spaces for customers. read more

Many unloading spaces, super friendly staff, fair reimbursement on beverage containers. Avoid the EDCO La Mesa drama of "we're closed!" even if their website says open! My new recycling center. Worth the few extra miles. read more

The guys who work there are very nice and friendly. The whole process was easy. Park, grab a bin or two, toss in your recyclables, take them to get weighed and get paid. Be sure to separate your recyclables. Aluminum with aluminum, plastic with pladfic, etc. read more

Just visited Friendly Recycling. What a great place to take your recycling. The place is super clean and the staff is friendly and welcoming. Plenty of paved parking and tons of wheeled receptacles to put your items in. I got way more $$ for the same amount of items than our last place. Highly recommend these guys read more

Staff are friendly. You can be in and out very quickly. Hopefully they will always be successful and remain open for a long time.

I never had a misunderstanding about pricing, it's pretty straightforward and the lbs on the scale shows up huge. The man and his son are always pleasant to me when I arrive, very "friendly". I started going to this location because my experience at Spring Valley recycling on Elkelton Blvd was not good, very inconsistent with hours and customers service. We all have different experiences, but my experiences with Friendly Recycling has always been good. read more

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We see this place all the time and finally dropped by! It's close by and the owner (well you guessed it) is super FRIENDLY! He greeted us with a smile and was very helpful throughout. They have more than enough buckets to separate your recyclables in and there's lots of spacious parking! read more

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I only take my recycling here now. I'm a plumber so I have industrial stuff to recycle but also regular cans and plastic. This guy pays very well. He doesn't skim or scam like some of the other recycle centers. He's just an honest business owner and he takes care of his customers. read more

The gentlemen that work here are always friendly and helpful. Keep it going smoothly so the wait is not long. Great crew, and good place to recycle things and not throw them away read more

They truly are the nicest guys to recycle with! We used to go all the way out to Miramar from Lemon Grove because we thought that we got the best prices and the easiest service but this by far is closer to home and the friendliest service ever! We highly recommend them for fast, professional, helpful and exceptional experience recycling center. We don't go anywhere else! read more

This location is a complete SCAM! My son recycles and we always average $30- $40. Today we came to this place it was closer to us and brought a lot more than we usually do and we were expecting upwards $50. They only gave him $38! This place likes to take advantage of people assuming they don't know their recycle. This place is a Fraud! DONT recommend coming here! Recycling is not easy storing your plastics cans for a long time and then to get ripped off. Please do not come here; go elsewhere to get what your money is worth. read more

Careful fat dude rips you off when you go tell them you want to see what the scale says because he will take advantage of you if you let them read more

Dude rips you off. He gives you less money for your cans. On top of that, he is rude with attitude problems. A complete waste of time. I'm not coming here anymore to recycle anything. Totally suggest going elsewhere if you want to be treated fairly. He won't allow anyone to see the scale. read more

Ended up knowing so of the same people from the neighborhood that I grew up in. The youngster was super cool, in the older gentlemen was super cool also. Great place. read more

They live up to their name! I used to go to a different recycling center but definitely prefer this place and bring in my recyclables on a regular basis. read more

Yo this place is lit AF. I thought I was just coming to drop off some recycling, but this was a whole experience. What I didn't realize until this, was that what really needed to be recycled, was me. I left this place a brand new man. My deadlifts max have gone up. I get twice as many likes on Tinder. My coworkers finally respect me. My ex tried to come crawling back (Not happening, Tiffany). My son finally looks up to me. I can play the piano again (although I never could before). Words cannot begin to properly describe how grateful I am for this recycling center. read more

Finally went to recycle almost 3 years worth of stuff. My first exploratory visit to any recyclers in the area since I relocated to Spring Valley. Really nice guys. This place looked the nicest and closest out of everyone listed here,so Im trying them first. The cement was clean and new looking, and they had plenty of parking. They brought me extra sorting cans, and helped me bring them to the scale after I filled them. Wasnt too crowded, so I got cashed out quickly. Loved that the sorting cans had wheels on them! They are in a nice big metal warehouse that looks pretty new, so several people would be able to line up and be in the shade. I looked around at what they had in all their bins, and turns out they accept things like cables & cords too. I brought a small pickup truck filled with mostly plastic and came away with about $35. Hard to believe all the soda, beer, & juice crv's we schlep home can add up that much. Bought myself some breakfast & filled up the gas tank. Hooray! read more